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New Congress: Fewer moderates make deals harder

Source: WRAL, Nov 25 2012, 6:52am CST

WASHINGTON — When the next Congress cranks up in January, there will be more women, many new faces and 11 fewer tea party-backed House Republicans from the class of 2010 who sought a second term. Overriding those changes, though, is a thinning of pra ...

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Hillsborough County Democrats elect a new chairman

Source: Creative Loafing Tampa  |   May 20 2013, 8:42pm CDT

The much maligned Hillsborough Democratic Party is coming off one of its best performances in years. They not elected Barack Obama by a bigger margin than in 2008, but they were also successful in winning one tight House race (Mark Danish ...

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Leaders hit snag on fiscal issues

Source: HutchNews.com  |   May 20 2013, 8:36pm CDT

Published: 5/20/2013 7:56 PM | Last update: 5/20/2013 7:56 PM TOPEKA - Kansas legislators were stalemated Monday on spending and tax issues as Republican leaders publicly bickered over GOP Gov. Sam Brownback's plan to stabilize the budget by ...

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25 weeks ago


Quote:
"The status quo will continue"


Source: WRAL

 

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1 hour ago

There Was a Time When Ending Hunger Was a National Goal for Republicans and Democrats

Source: The New York Times  |   May 20 2013, 8:17pm CDT

“That hunger and malnutrition should persist in a land such as ours is embarrassing and intolerable.” So declared Richard Nixon in May 1969 in his now widely forgotten “Special Message to the Congress Recommending a Program to End Hunger in ...

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Only Republican Base Believes GOP Noise On The Pseudo-Scandals

Source: Liberal Values Blog  |   May 20 2013, 8:06pm CDT

Ron Chusid: Thank you. That is clear on rewatching . The other point I was wondering about isn’ t 100 percent clear but the assumption is that the Doctor takes the one recommende d by Clara,... Tony Sidaway: You’ re mistaken about Clara 7;s ...

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Minn. lawmakers near finish with tax hike votes

Source: MPR | Minnesota Public Radio  |   May 20 2013, 8:03pm CDT

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- A few final debates echoed through the state Capitol Monday, as lawmakers haggled over tax increases and union organizing in a session that's already seen a big spike in spending on schools and a landmark law l ...

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Democratic Senator uses Okla. tornado for anti-GOP rant over global warming

Source: The Daily Caller  |   May 20 2013, 6:40pm CDT

While many Americans were tuned into news coverage of the massive damage from tornadoes ravaging the state of Oklahoma, Rhode Island Democratic Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse took to the Senate floor to rail against his Republican colle ...

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Immigration Fight Moves To the House With Deep Divide

Source: Town Hall  |   May 20 2013, 6:25pm CDT

There will be an event on Capitol Hill this week that will tell us a lot about the future of comprehensive immigration reform. On Wednesday, the House Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on the Senate Gang of Eight reform p ...

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3 hours ago

Dems focus on Jackson in hitting Va. GOP ticket

Source: San Francisco Chronicle  |   May 20 2013, 6:03pm CDT

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Democrats sought on Monday to frame Virginia's bellwether races for governor and other statewide offices as a referendum on a conservative GOP ticket with particular attention to past comments by GOP lieutenant governor nomine ...

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Late-Term Abortion Ban a Test for GOP

Source: Roll Call  |   May 20 2013, 5:59pm CDT

House Republican leadership will soon have to decide how hard to push a controversial ban on late-term abortions sought by the party’s base in the wake of Pennsylvania abortion provider Kermit Gosnell’s three murder c ...

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